# Is my understanding of what Papa John's CEO said accurate?

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**Created:** [July 16, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-understanding-of-what-papa-johns-ceo-said-accurate/818039 "2018-07-16T20:36:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-understanding-of-what-papa-johns-ceo-said-accurate/818039/4 "2018-07-16T20:53:03Z")

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> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> That seems pretty clear to me that the CEO is trying to excuse/justify usage of the racial slur, which seems like a pretty dumb thing for a CEO to say.

Perhaps I’m being dense. He did not use the slur. He described another person using the slur to illustrate that the other person engaged in far worse conduct, but did not take heat from the media.

IOW, he seemingly acknowledged that Sanders’ use of the slur was awful, yet Sanders still did not take the heat that he had.

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